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Erich Becker is an accomplished finance professional with extensive experience in investment management and infrastructure. Currently a Partner at Verdane since March 2024, Becker has also served as Managing Partner at Exergy Capital Management since 2017. Previous roles include Senior Managing Director and Head of Europe at Generate from October 2020 to 2023, Head of Infrastructure at Zouk Capital LLP from 2011 to 2017, and Senior Managing Director at Macquarie Group from 2008 to 2011. Additionally, Becker was involved in global energy and infrastructure investments at Och-Ziff Capital Management from 2005 to 2008, founded Special Situations Invest GmbH from 2004 to 2005, and held the position of Executive Director at Goldman Sachs from 1998 to 2004.
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Verdane is a specialist growth equity investment firm that partners with tech-enabled and sustainable businesses based out of Europe to help them reach the next stage of international growth. Verdane’s over 130 employees, based in Berlin, Copenhagen, Helsinki, London, Oslo and Stockholm, are dedicated to being the preferred growth partner to tech-enabled and sustainable businesses. We offer European category leaders looking for international growth a unique combination of local market support, through teams based in six countries, as well as growth experience on par with the best global sector specialists. Verdane companies have exclusive access to Elevate, our in-house operational expert team. Elevate provides strategic and operational support on high-priority projects to elevate performance and support growth, covering both go-to-market and operations. We seek to partner with businesses supported by secular growth trends and we consider stakeholder alignment of crucial importance to achieving optimal outcomes. We specialise in growing digital consumer, software, and sustainable society businesses. Our funds hold over €4bn in total commitments and have made over 140 investments through portfolio and direct transactions since 2003. Past and present category leaders backed by us include Apoteka, asgoodasnew, Boozt, CAIA Cosmetics, CRF Health, Danelec Marine, EasyPark, Farmasiet, FiksuRuoka, Forsta, Hornetsecurity, Instabox, InRiver, Maingate, MatHem, Meister, momox, octoshape, smava, Scanmarket, and Youty Group. www.verdane.com